The results are in from the annual nationwide survey of college first-year students conducted by the UCLA Higher Education Research Institute. One of the biggest national trends this year was a jump in the number of incoming students who had performed volunteer work during the past year. MHC women far exceeded the national volunteering average (72 percent) with a whopping 91 percent volunteer rate. Read on to find out areas in which MHC women are typical or atypical of other new male and female students across the country.
| MHC students are typical in the extent to which they have... | MOUNT HOLYOKE |
WOMEN AT 4-YEAR COLLEGES |
MEN AT 4-YEAR COLLEGES |
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| Studied with other students | 91% | 90% | 85% | |||
| Frequently socialized with people of different ethnic groups | 68% | 66% | 61% | |||
| Drunk wine or liquor | 50% | 54% | 52% | |||
| MHC students are more likely to have... | ||||||
| Tutored another student | 66% | 56% | 49% | |||
| Frequently felt overwhelmed | 47% | 38% | 19% | |||
| Performed volunteer work | 91% | 80% | 71% | |||
| Frequently discussed politics | 32% | 15% | 21% | |||
| Played a musical instrument | 54% | 42% | 38% | |||
| MHC students are less likely to have... | ||||||
| Participated in demonstrations | 29% | 46% | 43% | |||
| Smoked cigarettes | 4% | 12% | 11% | |||
| Drunk beer | 35% | 45% | 55% | |||
| MHC students are more likely to rank this item as "essential" or "very important"... | ||||||
| Influencing the political structure | 28% | 16% | 21% | |||
| Writing original works (poems, novels, etc.) | 24% | 14% | 15% | |||
| Involvement in a program for cleaning up the environment | 35% | 22% | 20% | |||
| Helping to promote racial understanding | 60% | 39% | 33% | |||
| Participating in a community-action program | 46% | 30% | 21% | |||
| Developing a meaningful philosophy of life | 67% | 44% | 44% | |||
| Keeping up-to-date with political affairs | 51% | 28% | 35% | |||
| MHC students are less likely to rank this item as "essential" or "very important"... | ||||||
| Being well-off financially | 46% | 69% | 75% | |||
| Becoming successful in their own business | 17% | 33% | 45% | |||
| Raising a family | 55% | 73% | 74% | |||
| Having administrative responsibility for the work of others | 23% | 37% | 41% | |||
In addition:
(Source: Information courtesy of Janice Gifford, director of institutional research. MHC data is based on 317 responses from 482 entering first-year students (a 66 percent response rate). All survey questions measured students' opinions and activities during the year before they entered college. |
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